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ADNA Statement on Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis in Africa
On April 7, 2020 the Advocacy Network for Africa (ADNA) sent a letter to Congress and the Administration about relief and aid for Africa from the crisis which arose from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Starting in December 2019, the world watched from a distance as people in Wuhan, China died from a new Coronavirus (confirmed by…
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AFJN photo of Ethiopian entrepreneur Bethlehem Tilahum Alemu of sole Rebels featured in WeeTracker
On April 13th, 2020, Nzekwe Henry published an article in WeeTracker titled “The Untold Story Behind The Lucrative Footwear Brand Nicknamed The “Nike Of Africa”.
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AFJN mentiond in Le Soir
Les coupes budgétaires appliquées au secteur de la santé et du bien-être ont pris un tournant particulièrement sévère ces dernières années.
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AFJN mentioned in DeWereldMorgen.be
Om deze vraag te beantwoorden, moeten we eerst kijken naar het systeem dat we in België en Europa hebben geërfd.
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No African Guinea Pigs for Coronavirus Vaccine: DRC Minister of Human Rights, Andre Lite
[Lire en Français] The Coronavirus pandemic has terrorized the world and brought us to a grinding halt. Data from COVID-19 Tracker at Johns Hopkins University indicate that over one million people have been infected worldwide and nearly 65,000 have died from the pandemic and the numbers keep growing. To learn more about Africa’s readiness and…
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Pas d’Africains Cobayes pour les Expérimentations du Vaccin Contre le Coronavirus: Andre Lite, Ministre des Droits Humain de la RDC
[Read in English] La pandémie de coronavirus a terrorisé le monde et nous a paralysés. Le nombre de cas de Covid-19 dans le monde a dépassé un million, avec un bilan de 64.703 décès, d’après les chiffres de l’université américaine Johns Hopkins. Le nombre continue d’augmenter. Pour parler de la préparation de l’Afrique au coronavirus…
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Interfaith Coalition to The International Monetary Fund – Countries Need Urgent Debt Relief, Restructuring, and Aid Amid Covid-19 Crisis
March 24, 2020 The Africa Faith & Justice Network co-signed Jubilee USA Network‘s interfaith letter sent to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on March 23, 2020. In the letter, interfaith leaders stressed the urgent need for “A well-designed, globally-coordinated response […] to prevent and mitigate the impacts of the Covid-19 crisis and move us towards…
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Pray with Us in Solidarity with the Pope and those around the World on the Feast of St. Joseph!
AFJN prayed a Rosary and celebrated Mass on the Feast of St. Joseph, with our brothers and sisters around the world. Thank you you everyone who was able to pray with us! We were so moved by your participation! For those unable to pray with us, you can watch and share the video on Facebook…
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COVID-19 Relief and Economic Stimulus for Charitable Organizations
On March 18, AFJN was one of 100 organizations that signed “The Charitable Sector: COVID-19 Relief and Economic Stimulus Package” letter to Congress that requested $60 billion in stimulus funds to support charitable organizations which we expect will see a contraction in contributions and other sources of revenue. Read the letter here
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Challenges Facing Africa: 2019 in Review
Click here for highlights of what we have done about some of these challenges. An analysis of the challenges facing Africa over the years reveals a major perennial problem. Seemingly economic in nature, the locus of the perennial problem that besets Africa is that of governance. An examination of issues related to the extractive industries,…
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Songhai Center Model: the Future for Africa’s Food Security
Why is Africa so rich, but is inhabited by the planet’s poorest people? Some governments have gone as far as leasing land to agro-businesses for large scale agriculture as a possible solution to food insecurity. This has led to disempowerment of small farm holders and the displacement of communities from their ancestral lands. Also, efforts are…
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What is Burning in Your Heart?
A Reflection on a Three-Day Workshop for Tanzania Catholic Association of Sisters “What is burning in your heart after these days?” asked one AFJN team member following the meeting of some seventy plus TCAS (Tanzania Catholic Association of Sisters) gathered for their annual meeting in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. “Well, just about everything!” was my reply. First…
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Africa Faith & Justice Network Highlight the Feast of Saint Josephine Bakhita, Patron of Trafficked Persons
Uganda On February 8, the feast of St. Josephine Bakita, the Africa Faith & Justice Network Uganda (AFJN-Uganda) organized a nationwide prayer session for the victims of human trafficking, and called for an end to this evil. On the same day three sisters held a radio talk show on Jubilee Radio in Fort Portal City…
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Yes to Agroecology, No to Agro-colonialism
Africa Faith and Justice Network is one of the 176 organizations which signed a letter to the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres in effort to protect Africa’s food system against large scale agribusinesses whose aim is in part to disposes Africa of its indigenous seeds by genetically modifying them and tie our nutritional needs…
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Is partitioning the Democratic Republic of Congo the true reason for the killing in Beni?
An interview with Florentin Mokonda Bonza, Professor at the University of Kinshasa and President of the Convention of Christian Democrats (CDC) and of the political platform the New Initiative for the Congo (NIC). The opinions expressed in this interview do not represent the policy of the Africa Faith and Justice Network. Thank you for agreeing…
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Message from the bishops, priests, and lay delegates of the Conferences of Catholic Bishops of Burkina-Niger, Ivory Coast, and Ghana
To the faithful in Christ, men and women of good will, who love justice and peace: 1.Given the gravity of the security and humanitarian situation facing the populations of their respective countries, the bishops, priests, and lay delegates of the Conferences of Catholic Bishops of Burkina-Niger, Mali, Ivory Coast, and Ghana met at Ouagadougou, Burkina…
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(aciafrica) Nuns in Nigeria Commended for Fight against Human Trafficking at Ongoing Conference
The brave fight mounted by religious sisters against human traffickers in Nigeria has been a key highlight of the ongoing conference that has brought together religious men and women in the west African country.
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AFJN mentioned in Business Wire/Conrad N. Hilton Foundation press release
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The board of directors of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation announced today that 15 grants were approved, totaling more than $32 million during the fourth quarter of 2019.
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AFJN featured in ACI Africa on Nuns in Nigeria against human trafficking
On January 17th, 2020, ACI Africa published an article titled “Nuns in Nigeria Commended for Fight against Human Trafficking at Ongoing Conference” by Agnes Aineah.
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We are ready for a Successful Year 2020
Dear Supporters, Happy New Year to you and yours!We resumed work today, Thursday, the second day of the Year 2020 after New Year’s Day celebration. As the first order of business and to refocus and renew our commitment to the mission of the Africa Faith & Justice Network (AFJN) we (Eucharia, Baz, Bahati and Aniedi)…
